Hinton Charterhouse CC hosted Beckington in a pre-season friendly which turned into a very close and well-fought contest.

The visitors posted 192-5 from their 35 overs, thanks largely to a very well-paced 76 from veteran Chris Weare and an explosive 41 from Dominic Lauga.

Both were removed in an important spell by Fergus Nutt.

Hinton's reply began well with a stand of 41 from openers Chris Borton (32) and Matt Spencer but Hinton were unable to build partnerships after that, thanks to tight bowling from Joe Weare (3-29) and New Zealander player Josh Wight.

It needed a burst of scoring by Peter Borton and Max White (51no) to seal Hinton's victory, the latter hitting a decisive boundary with five balls remaining.